Humanin: After the discovery

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-340

  Niikura, Takako ^a   Chiba, Tomohiro ^a   Aiso, Sadakazu ^a   Matsuoka, Masaaki ^a   Nishimoto, Ikuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; A PP; Cell death; Humanin; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

HUMANIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURFACE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEINS;

EID: 15244353904     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MN:30:3:327     Document Type: Review

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